Thanks DJack, that's a very nice thing to say and I've always enjoyed your posts and contributions too but there aren't enough of them these days. I hadn't been in touch with the guy who died last week for at least a couple of decades but the news just felt like another part of my life had been chipped away. For the last couple of years though, I had been thinking of getting in touch with him again for a lunch but, like a lot of things, I never got around to it. However, the 2 people in my life that I lost in April and June this year were of massive importance to me and that's left an enormous hole that I know simply cannot and never will be filled.